Kenya and the universal power of story
By Jane SlaterI’m headed to Kenya next week for work I told my friends – Really? The response. Does Kenya have a particular drug problem? Why are you headed there? My reply, where doesn’t have a drug...
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A public health guide to developing a community overdose response plan
By the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (University of Victoria)A new publication by CISUR (formerly CARBC) and Island Health aims to give public-health agencies and community...
View ArticleCanada's first supervised inhalation site for meth, crack cocaine users to...
By Meghan PotkinsA facility in Lethbridge will become North America’s first supervised inhalation site when it opens early next year amid a drug death epidemic that has devastated families across the...
View ArticleTrump declares opioids ‘public health emergency’
By David J LynchTwo months after vowing to declare a national emergency over the nation’s opioid crisis, Donald Trump on Thursday directed his acting health secretary to proclaim a more limited “public...
View ArticleHealth Canada approves four Edmonton safe drug injection sites
By Keith GereinHealth Canada has approved the four locations proposed for supervised drug consumption sites in Edmonton.Alberta’s first supervised drug injection sites will open within months at four...
View ArticleThe Bronx’s quiet, brutal war with opioids
By Jose A. DelrealThe bodies turn up in public restrooms, in parks and under bridges, skin tone ashen or shades of blue. The deceased can go undiscovered, sometimes for hours, or days if they were...
View ArticleSelf-Harm, methadone use and drug-related deaths amongst those registered as...
By R W Glynn, E Lynn, E Griffin, M Fitzgerald, M WardThis work aims to contribute to the evidence base regarding the health of those who experience homelessness in Ireland by collating data on...
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Heroin uncertainties: Exploring users’ perceptions of fentanyl-adulterated...
By Daniel Ciccarone, Jeff Ondocsin, Sarah G. MarsThe US is experiencing an unprecedented opioid overdose epidemic fostered in recent years by regional contamination of the heroin supply with the...
View ArticleAustralia's first pill-testing trial cancelled – and ACT Liberals take credit
The Australian Capital Territory Liberal party has taken credit for blocking a pioneering pill-testing trial at an Australian music festival after organisers announced it will no longer go ahead.On...
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Fentanyl Report
In September 2017 CGL and Volteface convened a ‘round table’ to discuss responses to the growing threat posed by fentanyl and its analogues (often referred to as ‘fentalogues’ or ‘fentanyls’). Fentanyl...
View ArticleGlobe editorial: To solve the opioid crisis, stick to harm reduction
Canada's opioid epidemic shows no signs of abating, and a sense of urgency is clearly gripping law enforcement.In recent months, police have begun laying manslaughter charges against drug dealers for...
View ArticleRemembering those we’ve lost: the Museum of Drug Policy
Release has been providing free and confidential specialist advice to the public and campaigning for the reform of drug policy for 50 years. To mark half a century of our work, we will be hosting the...
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The opioid crisis in North America
North America is facing an epidemic of opioid addiction and opioid overdose with an unprecedented level of mortality. The crisis was spurred by a broad expansion of medical use of opioids, which began...
View ArticlePolice are fueling increased overdoses, transmission of HIV and viral hepatitis
By Alexandra OlsenEvery day there is a new headline highlighting the devastating effects of the current opioid crisis on individuals and their communities – from record overdoses to widespread...
View ArticleCanada First Nations declare drugs state of emergency
Seven Canadian indigenous tribes have declared a state of emergency due to a worsening drug crisis.Manitoba's Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council says addiction to opioids, crack and methamphetamine is...
View ArticleAn Ohio county will distribute 30,000 doses of a drug used to reverse opioid...
By Katie ZezimaHamilton County, Ohio, will distribute 30,000 doses of an overdose-reversing drug to try to stop a rash of deaths that has besieged the area.In what is believed to be the first program...
View ArticleOverdoses on opioid painkillers more than double in a decade
By Sarah MarshThe number of patients admitted to hospital for overdosing on powerful and potentially addictive opioid painkillers has more than doubled in a decade, with doctors saying it is the “very...
View ArticleMost heroin tested in Canada is contaminated with fentanyl
By Tamara KhandakerThe amount of street heroin testing positive for the deadly opiate fentanyl has skyrocketed over the past five years, according to tests of thousands of samples conducted by Canada’s...
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Preventing opioid overdose: Understanding Good Samaritan laws
By SAMHSA’S Center for the Application of Prevention TechnologiesOverdose Good Samaritan laws are policies that provide legal protections for individuals who call for emergency assistance (such as...
View ArticleFentanyl crisis: Figures show 1,800% rise in overdose deaths from potent...
By Hagar Cohen and Tiger WebbDeaths from the potent prescription drug fentanyl have rapidly increased in Australia, with a senior doctor calling the trend a "national emergency". A report from the...
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